1 Yamash'ta changed his name to the "Westernized" contraction Stomu Yamash'ta in
the mid-1960s after arriving in America. For the purpose of simplicity, he will be referred to at all
stages of his life in this article as Yamash'ta Stomu.

2 Robert Commanday, "Japanese Temple Bells and a French Quality." San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 5,
1968

3 Several historical references also include the Boston Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera during this
time, but according to Yamash'ta, his performances at the Metropolitan Opera occurred much later, and
he never played with the Boston Symphony at all.

13 John Williams in Irwin Bazelon's Knowing the Score: Notes on Film Music (NY: Van Nostrand

Reinhard Co., 1975), p. 205
14 ibid, p. 204

15 Because of the questionable legitimacy regarding some of its releases, and its use of vinyl as the mastering source, the Spalax CD release SPA 14512 (France, 1996) has been intentionally omitted from this discography.